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Settlement of lawsuit against the insolvency administrator of the Conergy Solar Module GmbH & Co. KG assets Wednesday, December 24, 2014 Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that the long-standing lawsuit of its subsidiary Roth & Rau AG against Conergy Solar Module GmbH & Co. KG, or today rather against the insolvency administrator of the Conergy Solar Module GmbH & Co. KG assets, will be closed with an amount paid in settlement.		tenKsolar Expands Manufacturing Capabilities into Thailand Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Expansion Driven by Increased Demand for the RAIS® PV System and Diversification of Supply Chain MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- tenKsolar ("tenK"), a Minneapolis based manufacturer of leading technology high energy density PV solar energy systems, announced today the expansion of their production lines with new manufacturing facilities in Thailand. This capacity will be in addition to tenK's existing manufacturing facilities, operating in Shanghai and Minneapolis, MN.
The meeco Group begins development of a 10MW ground mounted installation in Zimbabwe Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Engages local industrial leaders Powerspeed Electrical & William Bain Holdings. Partners with Mosspatch Investments Zimbabwe The meeco Group, a worldwide clean energy provider, is currently expanding its turnkey services and solutions to the Zimbabwean solar market. Involved in the country since early 2013, several important partnerships have been created and various solar projects are currently under development.		Price drop for solar power storage systems Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Christmas present for the Energiewende: Prices for solar power storage systems have fallen by 25 percent since spring / Solar industry expects continued growth in demand for storage systems Berlin, 17 December 2014 — Prices for solar power storage systems have fallen by around a quarter in recent months. At the same time, the demand for solar batteries has increased significantly. As a result of the sharp decline in prices, the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar) expects that interest in battery systems will continue to grow. According to Association estimates, more than 15,000 households in Germany already cover significant amounts of their electricity consumption from their own solar power systems, even during evening hours; this gives them greater independence from rising electricity prices.
Epoxy Technology Inc. Announces a Distributor Change in Europe for France, Algeria , Morocco and Tunisia to FT Polymer SAS Tuesday, December 16, 2014 (Billerica, MA) – December 15, 2014- Epoxy Technology Inc, a leading manufacturer of high performance specialty epoxy, UV and Hybrid adhesives for 48 years, announces a change in our distributor covering France, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia from Techni Industries France to FT Polymer SAS (www.ftpolymer.fr).		The meeco Group is expanding around the globe Tuesday, December 16, 2014 The Swiss-based meeco Group, has this year enormously expanded its number of projects in solar generation and energy storage by benefiting from a growing network of local subsidiaries, strategic partners and experts based all around the world. The year of 2014 has been marked by successful projects, market expansions and new fruitful cooperation’s leading to a consequent development of the clean energy activities of The meeco Group.
New financing concept completed for juwi AG Tuesday, December 16, 2014 The preconditions for the partnership already announced between juwi AG (Wörrstadt / Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany’s leading renewable energies project developer, and Mannheim-based energy company MVV Energie AG have now been met. The Federal Cartel Office approved the planned investment in mid-November already. The banks and financing partners involved have now approved the new financing concept at juwi AG.		How Predictive analytics can make the renewable energy industry grow Monday, December 15, 2014 Renewable energy technologies are quickly gaining acceptance globally as a reliable source of electricity. Total global renewable energy installations have increased from 160 GW in 2004 to more than 1,560 GW in 2013. With a growing installed capacity of renewable energy plants comes a growing number of remote monitoring solutions to track the performance of these plants. Enormous amounts of data are being generated by these renewable energy plants and it is becoming ever important to create valuable insights from this data

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Bi-Facial Poly-Cristalline Photovoltaic Technology: Agreement Between Megacell And Rct Solutions Monday, December 22, 2014 MegaCell sign a strategic technical co-development and licence agreement with RCT Solutions for the innovative bi-facial photovoltaic poly-cristalline technology transfer. The pilot industrial production will start in the Megacell’s facility of Carmignano di Brenta (Padua, Italy) within the first quarter of 2015. The company plans to use this very innovative technology for its expansion capacity project in Europe or for PV manufacturers interested to the poly-cristalline bi-facial cells and modules.		Toast The New Year And Find Out What 2015 Holds For Solar Energy Policy Friday, December 5, 2014 E&E News Washington Correspondent Keynotes GA Solar Holiday Celebration ATLANTA, Dec. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- E&E News Washington Correspondent Nick Juliano offers his insights about the midterm elections' impact on solar policy in the keynote address for the Georgia Solar Energy Association Annual Holiday Luncheon. This event will take place Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at Villa Christina, 4000 Summit Boulevard, Atlanta.
Rosendin Electric Named #3 of Top 400 North American Solar Contractors Tuesday, September 16, 2014 SAN JOSE, Calif. (September 15, 2014) – Rosendin Electric, (www.rosendin.com), the nation’s largest private electrical contractor and an employee-owned company, has earned the third place ranking in Solar Power World‘s list of the Top 400 Solar Contractors in North America.		Software developer doppelintegral launches Blockset for Simulating Solar Power Plants Thursday, July 17, 2014 Stuttgart, 17. July 2014. doppelintegral GmbH, located in Stuttgart, Germany, has released the software INSEL 8.2 including the Renewable Energy Blockset for MATLAB and Simulink. As the software has more than 300 blocks out of photovoltaics, solar thermal energy and energy meteorology, MATLAB and Simulink users can now professionally plan, monitor and control renewable energy systems. The blocks can be combined in any way and have minimal computing times.
HRH The Prince of Wales contributes to the energy debat Tuesday, July 1, 2014 In a special video message recorded to celebrate the Energy Institute (EI)'s centenary, HRH The Prince of Wales HonFEI, contributes to the energy debate and speaks of the role of energy in the circular economy.		Optimize your solar wafer/cell production with YIELDMASTER – PL Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Wafer quality is increasingly becoming the focus of efforts to optimize efficiency in the manufacturing process of solar cells. To support your company ISRA VISION/GP SOLAR has developed a high-speed photoluminescence inspection technology, suitable for inline inspection at high throughputs with cycle times below 1 sec
Improved financing and securitisation can bring further down the cost of photovoltaics Thursday, June 5, 2014 As photovoltaics (PV) is fast becoming a mainstream source of electricity worldwide, financing and securitisation are crucial elements for a sustainable deployment of PV and future cost reduction. The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) and the SunSpec Alliance joined forces to exchange best practices in the US and the EU on financing and securitisation of PV systems during a Forum that took place today at Intersolar Europe.		Solar refrigerator to revolutionise medical aid Monday, June 2, 2014 Dulas Ltd, one of the UK’s oldest renewables companies, has launched a battery-free solar vaccination refrigerator which will revolutionise the storage and transportation of vaccines and other essential medical supplies to remote locations across the world.

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Solarlec's industry seal of approval Monday, February 3, 2014 Energy firm Solarlec has received the thumbs up from the renewables industry after passing an annual review with flying colours. The Microgeneration Certification Scheme carried out its yearly assessment at the company's Burnley, Exeter and Carlisle premises and confirmed Solarlec's status as an official provider of solar PV, solar thermal and biomass boiler systems for another 12 months.		The Best Projects Will Proceed Under Fit Degression, Says Savills Energy Monday, February 3, 2014 The latest degression in Feed-in Tariff (FIT) payment rates for non-photovoltaic eligible installations, released by Ofgem last week (Friday 31st January 2014), should be seen as generally positive for the renewables industry, claims Nick Green of Savills Energy. The new tariffs for hydro, wind and anaerobic digestion (AD) will come into force as of 1st April 2014.
Admirals Bank to Solarize Durham, NC Monday, February 3, 2014 Durham, NC – Admirals Bank, a leading national provider of residential renewable energy financing, recently agreed to participate in the Solarize Durham initiative to offer interested homeowners innovative loan products to subsidize residential solar systems and installations.		2014 Will Be The Year Of Renewables And Energy Efficiency Says NAPIT Monday, January 27, 2014 With the Green Deal scheme being simplified and starting to gather momentum, the domestic RHI launching in the Spring and renewables maintaining popularity in the UK, 2014 is the perfect year to expand into the renewables and energy efficiency markets, according to NAPIT.
The Switch outdoor inverter successfully commissioned at Indian solar plant Monday, January 27, 2014 Vantaa, Finland, January 27, 2014 – The Switch, a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, successfully commissioned its 1 MW single module PVI 1000 solar inverter for Ultra Cosmic Solar Energy, a newly established Indian solar energy company.		Release: skytron energy's Power Plant Controller Now Certified to UL Monday, January 27, 2014 Berlin, Germany, January 27, 2014 – skytron energy, the internationally renowned developer of monitoring, control and supervision systems for renewable energy power plants, has successfully completed the cETLus product safety test for their skycontrol power plant controller.
juwi Group acquires majority stake in Qi Power Limited Thursday, January 23, 2014 juwi and Qi Power are pleased to announce that juwi AG, one of the world’s largest renewable energy companies, is acquiring a controlling stake in Brisbane based Qi Power Limited. The combined entity will greatly improve its ability to provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for solar PV and wind projects in the Australia, New Zealand, PNG and South Pacific regions.		India to develop 60 Solar Cities, Master Plan finalised for 36 cities so far Tuesday, December 17, 2013 Solar Frontier Forms EPC Alliance with BELECTRIC and Shoseki Engineering & Construction India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been implementing a programme on “Development of Solar Cities” under which a total of 60 cities/towns are proposed to be supported for development as “Solar/Green Cities”.

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PROINSO donates to Solar Energy Solidarity 3 kWp for an anti-leprosy hospital in Benin, Africa Wednesday, December 17, 2014 PROINSO donates to Solar Energy Solidarity 3 kWp for an anti-leprosy hospital in...

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EU PVSEC 2013 - to be held in Paris from September 30 to October 04

The 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (28th EU PVSEC) will take place from 30 September to 04 October 2013 at Parc des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte in Paris, France. The five-day Conference is complemented by the three-day Exhibition, held from 01 to 03 October 2013. The event will be held in a period when France is increasing its PV activities. France launches a new set of incentive measures and has doubled its 2013 PV installation targets. The programme is expected to stimulate investments amounting to more than 2 billion Euros.

teamtechnik presents its STRINGER 1200 HS - the fastest single-track system in the world

teamtechnik will be giving a live production demonstration at the trade fair PV-Show in Shanghai, on stand E3-350. The STRINGER TT1200 HS will be soldering high-quality solar cell strings with IR light technology.

BTU International to Introduce the Latest Technology for Metallization Drying and Firing at the 2013 SNEC Expo

BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics and alternative energy manufacturing markets, will present its new SinTerra Metallization Firing Furnace in Booth E3-595 at the 2013 SNEC 7th International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition, scheduled to take place May 14-16, 2013, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in China.

Clenergy to attend SNEC 2013 (Shanghai, China)

Clenergy, the solar park solution provider, recently announced its participation in the SNEC 2013 PV Power Expo (Shanghai, China), one of the world’s largest and most-renowned PV power exhibitions.Clenergy will display a number of key IP-protected products, including its innovative 3D software online tool PV-ezDesign and its PV-ezRack Mounting Systems and inverters, which can be applied in residential, commercial and utility scale deployments.

Manz at the SNEC solar expo in Shanghai: innovative solutions make Photovoltaics profitable again

• Turnkey thin-film production line CIGSfab strengthens competitive ability of panel producers worldwide • High-tech engineering company helping China achieve the goals in its 12th five-year plan with regard to environmental protection and regional development • Production site for solar and display equipment in Chinese city of Suzhou secures Manz’s proximity to Asian customers.

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